matt violassi - Teachlets

2-5-2026

God allows pain in our lives - so that we would Seek Him for help. He then helps us.

He builds a history of Him being a true friend.

Somewhere in time we hopefully feel a little guilty about only contacting Him for help in times of pain and need.

It is much more noble to Seek Him and Serve Him Daily no matter what our circumstance are.

The Children of Israel stayed in this cycle of Crying out to God for Help/God Delivering - for 40 years while wandering in the Desert.

There was a better way . . .

God is such a nice Person. He will go the long way with us if we choose so. It is so much smarter and noble to go the short way.

He wants us, though, to continue to Cry Out for Help when we need Him:

1-29-2026

Yuk! . . . We don't want to be in this club!

By God's grace, let us strive to not be in this club. . .

Cain was somewhat a religious man of sorts. He made religious sacrifices to God . . .

12-2025

"Born Again" Christians can be labeled by society and by other Christians as being "off," "radical," "whacky," etc. (We all can be a little whacky sometimes.)

But all Christians need to be unashamed of confessing they are a "Born Again" Christian.

We have been "Born Again" - becoming an actual New Creation that wants to do what is right 24/7.

We have been Changed into being a Walking Miracle!

Without God's help and power - no man can make this claim on their own - and make it their practice - that they carry the desire to do what is right 24/7 - To love the Lord God with their whole hearts, souls, mind, and strength. . . and to Love their Neighbor as themselves.

Something to be grateful for and proud to be!

Let us not be ashamed of calling ourselves a "Born Again" Christian if we truly are one.

Jesus did say it was a requirement:

12-2025

Sexual sin (sexual relations outside of a marriage between one man and one woman) seems to be a growing practice and have growing acceptance among confessing Christians. Fantazing with Pornography falls under this category.

This sin brought great destruction from God to the Children of Israel - and can bring great discipline from God - to us. The Apostle Paul strongly warns the New Testament Christian to be aware of God's strong displeasure with sexual sin - and to fear partaking in it.

It is one of the biggest ways to kill our Spiritual Life and our Friendship with God. We need to keep running from it and declaring war against it.

God wants a pure people. He commands us to separate from Christians who will not repent and quit sexual sin (until they do repent) . . . To not "associate" with them or even "eat with them."

Hopefully, this will wake them up . . .

Their are other types of sins and "Christian" brothers and sisters that we need to separate from: